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Article: Economy, Wall Street out of sync Three Chicagoans try to come to grips with financial changes
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- August 9, 2004
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Banker Michael Allen has endured the tumultuous stock market of
recent years by not dramatically changing his investments. He figures
that at 38 years old, he's young enough to ride it out.
Brian Farrell just quit a job at a mortgage banking firm because
he was unhappy, and feels good that his accounting and finance
background will land him work elsewhere.
And Josh Newman, a third-year family practice resident at Advocate
Illinois Masonic Hospital, skips investing for now and has developed
a successful side business of developing medical software that he
says will make his life more financially and intellectually
enjoyable.
These three Chicagoans are adapting to an economy that is starting ...